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Re: MF Challenge!
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:41:16 GMT
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J-Men HQ <jmen@visi.net> wrote in message news:FLCK22.M8x@lugnet.com...
> Okay, I was thinking.... with all the talk regarding the MF, and the
> cockpit, why not have a little contest. Everyone break out your graph
> paper.... okay LDraw, whatever you want to use, and let's see if anyone can
> work out a cockpit that can fit 2 figs side by side. Preferably using the
> canopy piece that comes with the set. I rather like the look of it, though
> unfortunately it is only 6 dots wide (dots or pegs? what do we call those
> things?). I have been trying to make it work out. I would like to have it
> figured out by the time I get this set.
It's actually quite easy if your minifigs don't mind "getting a little
closer." You can put minifigs side by side (w/ no studs between them if you
lean on forward and put her arm forward while leaning the other back and
putting his arm back. Assuming the MF comes with Han and Leia, this could
effectively model Han getting fresh with Leia. Han and Chewie together might
be a bit too strange.
In this configuration, the two minifigs take up 4 studs plus 1/2 stud on
either side--perfectly within the thin sidewalls. I really don't think the
curve of the cockpit will interfere with this. Of course if they made a tall
Chewie, there could be a problem.
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> I think we are going to see allot of customizing of this set when it comes
> out. But that's okay! That is part of the fun. Folks seem to expect LEGO to
> do everything for us, exactly the way we want it done. But that' silly. Even
> if it doesn't have an interior (which I fully expect it will), how hard do
> you really expect it will be to add one? The only place I can see as perhaps
> being impossible to work out, will be the corridor to the cockpit.... I just
> don't think that can happen as long as there is a saucer section there. Not
> sure what, if anything, I will do about it.
My first mod will be to lose the saucers--at least the top ones. I've been
thinking that four saucer sections together would be perfect for those Hoth
shield generators.
> Anyway, let's see some positive thinking. If you feel you've been given a
> lemon... then make lemonade, and share your ideas with us! (okay that was a
> little corny, but I couldn't resist)
Let's see . . . To make lemonade, cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the
insides. Sounds about right for the MF :-)
I'm wondering what to do about the cockpit. The front part of the LC piece is
fine, but it extends way too far back. Hmm, I've never (intentionally)
mutilated a Lego piece before, but . . .
I think the tie cockpit pieces do OK for the side portals, and the mandibles
may just need to be a little taller and have some "mechanical" looking pieces
added, much like Ben and others have done.
I really wish we had a rear view of the MF to see how they handled the engine.
Hopefully it will be well done.
Anyone care to lay odds on the MF coming with a second cannon?
-John Van
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| <snip> (...) If I were a betting man (and I am not) I would bet NO. Mostly because they rest of the ship seems so stripped down that I can't imagine a cannon on the underside. Especially because it would probably interfere with the large, clunky, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) If you mean a matching one on the bottom I'd say probably not. I do think the landspeeder fix could work. It DOES look like the side bricks are NOT thin walls, but what about getting the 'fig up high enough so that his arms rest on top of (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) you (...) might (...) I actually did just that last night.... I didn't care for it. Like you said... too cozy. (...) My only other concern with the cockpit piece is where the bottom studs are located. If they placed them along the bottom, like (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Okay, I was thinking.... with all the talk regarding the MF, and the cockpit, why not have a little contest. Everyone break out your graph paper.... okay LDraw, whatever you want to use, and let's see if anyone can work out a cockpit that can fit 2 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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